@Russell Jones Did you use Slido?
7 to 6 and 6 to 5 - New Criteria
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I first tried using Kahoot (a similar quiz app). Worked well but some of the candidates felt extra pressure vs the in person test because of the time limit / question. So instead just decided to send out all the questions at the start, gave a deadline for answers to be e mailed back and then watched the candidates on the screen for the duration of the test
Pros and cons to both really.
Obviously time limits are not conducive to open book tests, but really good for testing actual knowledge.
And more in line with what happens on a matchday where once we determine an offence we have to know the restart pretty sharpish.
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The organiser can set the time limits with Slido - we allowed a generous 10 seconds for each of the multiple choice answers to be entered
Personally not a fan of Slido etc with a time limit. It always takes me a couple of read throughs to actually understand the question even before I then read the options. Shos me a video and I can understand immediately. Reading text is not my learning style.
Looks like this has changed again, it's back to 7, 6, 5 for this season.
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Understood - the course for newbies includes Slido to check knowledge of law (without announcing everybody's scores) plus video examples for Law 12 understanding, plus practical experience as a referee and assistant referee, so all learning styles encompassed within the two days
As a teacher - totally agree here. I think that exams are there for a reason.
However, if there are many, many more questions that require some sort of looking up to find answers, as an exercise to prove understanding of all of the aspects (with an exceptionally high pass mark), this could be quite effective as it is still testing that they know the stuff.
But yes - you can't beat a good old test!!
Or as I do, call it a quiz and just say that there isn't a pass mark, but a fail mark... And they might have to do a re-quiz...
Just wanted to ask whether anything had been confirmed regarding Level 7 and 6's as well as Youth Referees?
Here you go. This was posted by Manchester FA earlier
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I think you stay as a Level 7?
ChasObserverRefDeveloper
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Levels Y1 and Y2 are for those aged 14/15, who are thus restricted to yout football and mini soccer.
Those 16 or older can referee adult and/or youth, and are Level 7 (5c once the proposed changes are completed)
Ah thanks, I just realized it probably should have been fairly obvious